Sunday, June 26, 2011

All my block sets are completed for Winter Wonderland...I had the fabric and pattern kicking around for too long and decided that I needed to get this one done...

Trying to decide on the next embroidery project...

﻿The Farmer's Wife is taking the blog world by storm...I didn't want to miss out, so I have my own copy. I now need to figure out what style of fabrics I want to do this in...decisions--decisions...111 6 " blocks inspired by 1922 Farmer's Wives....

Friday, June 10, 2011

A smorgesboard of baby footwear....Lots of practice with free motion quilting. A few tips I have learned this past week---I no longer drop my feed dogs and I slow down and now I feel like I'm in control with this free motion stuff. For you scrapbookers out there, the Crocodile tool set the eyelets in the little oxfords beautifully. Great tool. I have looked high and low locally for 14" shoe laces for the oxfords. No shoe store carries them. You can order them online, but total cost with shipping for 2 pair is $10.00. I got out the embroidery floss and made a twisted cord...under 50 cents!!! You can find the patterns for these fun little quilted shoes here.

Monday, June 6, 2011

This is the block for June, Little Birdie Stitches. Boy was it fun to make and I really enoyed the design on this one...If you want to follow along and make these cute little blocks, go to the button on my sidebar, Birdie Stitches.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Don't you just love a finished project? I know I always have mixed emotions...On one hand--whew and then on the other hand...now what do I work on...however, I have many irons in the fire right now and there is no shortage of projects!!!

Close up of the quilting...

﻿I finished up the store sample of Sunday Best. Fun quilt to sew. The pattern sews together like a Buggy Barn pattern. To cut out, it had templates, so I laid out and stacked 4 fat quarters at a time and used the rotary cutter to cut the quilt out. Not my choice of fabrics, but I thought it turned out nice. My son wants it, so that is all that counts!!

Friday, June 3, 2011

A real fun and easy baby gift is this diaper clutch...just uses part of two fat quarters...you can find the pattern as a PDF download free at﻿A Lemon Squeezy Home. I added the flower embellishment just for fun!!

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I love all things material (by that I mean fabric). I have loved fabric since I was old enough to understand what fabric was and what it could do. Quilting was a natural progression for me because I love to sew. I have a love of traditional piecing and reproduction fabrics. My favorite type of quilts are scrap quilts. They remind me of Grandma.